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Posted by Ian

CVG.com has stated that they have been told from a number of different retail sources including Costco, HMV and even Sony themselves, that an 80gb version of the PS3 will be launched ’soon’ in the UK, though no firm date was given.

Sony phased out the 20gb and 60gb versions of the PS3 earlier this year (though some retailers still have them in stock) and replaced them with a single SKU; the 40gb model, offering the machine at cheaper price for consumers. However, this was at the expense of a number of features including backwards compatibility with PS2 games.

The 80gb model, currently available in the US still has the software emulation features included, meaning that its possible to play PS2 titles on the machine. Will the UK model be the same?

If an 80gb model did launch here than that would be the 4th SKU for the machine since it’s launch last year. I believe Sony may be trying to beat Apple for the amount of times it updates a product!

Anyway, as I originally stated, this story was broke by CVG and so if you want to read the full details you should head over to their site by clicking here

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